TiE entrepreneurial summit

This is coming up as a major event from 11th to 13th December, Taj Palace Hotel , New Delhi. Dataquest awards are planned on 11th at 1915 hrs. Building India is the theme. An unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to meet VCs and network.

Setting up and Managing a Business Incubator in an academic environment

SINE (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) , the incubator at IIT Mumbai is organizing this workshop on 21/12/2007 at IIT. There is no registration fee.

The workshop aims to share the experiences of IIT Bombay for setting up & managing a business incubator in an academic environment.
Contact:

Poyni Bhatt
Chief Administrative Officer
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
IIT Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400 076
Tel.: +91 22 25767072, 25767016
Fax: +91 22 25721220
www.sineiitb.org

Discoveries to Dividends: Leveraging India's Cost-Effective Innovation Resources

Discoveries to Dividends was prepared by experienced and influential R&D professionals led by the Chairman and CEO of Sarasijam Technologies, Dr. T.S.R. Prasada Rao. Dr. Rao has 40 years of R&D experience and was the chief executive of two national laboratories, the Indian Institute of Petroleum and the Central Building Research Institute. Recognized globally with 17 awards,
Dr. Rao has developed and commercialized more than 10 technologies and published 150 papers, 50 patents, and 3 books. After founding Sarasijam in 1999, Dr. Rao has led the firm to service clients such as BP, Shell, GTC, BASF, Johns-Manville, Air Products, and Dow.

The Discoveries to Dividends study includes:
A comprehensive 100+ page report, 2 hard copies, one soft copy, PPT plus Five days of Sarasijam’s consulting over 3-6 months.

Contact:

T.S.R. Prasada Rao, Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO
Sarasijam Technologies
DDA HIG Flats, Flat No. 600
Sector 13, Pocket B
Dwarka
New Delhi 110045, India

+91 981 033 8091
sarasijam.tech@gmail.com
http://www.sarasijam.com

International conference on Advances in Energy research ,Dec 12-14

International conference on Advances in Energy research is planned at IIT Mumbai from 12th to 14th December 2007.
URL: http://www.ese.iitb.ac.in/~icaer2007/
Contact person: Rangan Banerjee

IDG Ventures India

IDG Ventures India is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology and technology-enabled companies, promoted by Sudhir Sethi. The fund has invested $ 2.5 million in iViZ, a network security startup in the security and vulnerability management market with an automated and on demand penetration testing product. This start-up was promoted by Bikash Barai, a double B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in 'Computer Science' (Hons) and 'Architecture'; Masters in 'Computer Science and Information Technology' from IIT Kharagpur

IDG is scouting investment opportunities in four areas:

• Software products and services with a focus on business intelligence, security and 3D technology
• Engineering, electronics and life sciences with a focus on aero space, automotive
• Medical electronics and renewable energy,
• Digital consumer with a focus on Internet, mobile VAS and games and Telecom, semi conductor and wireless.

Source:Network computing

Award winning Business Plan from James Poss

James Poss of Sea Horse gives useful tips to entrepreneurs about writing business plan. His business plan made in 2004 got him award, the company making solar powered trash compactors did take-off and reflecting back on his plan, he offers useful advise on how the reality could be different from even an award winning business plan. Download the annotated business plan from Business week.

India-UK Advanced Technology Centre (IU-ATC)

Techtree reports that British Telecom (BT) is leading a consortium of 22 industry- and academic- partners such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to launch the India-UK Advanced Technology Centre (IU-ATC). IU-ATC, a virtual graduate research school, will support collaborative- PhD and Post Doctorate projects and research programs, and technology transfer between the UK and India. Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT believes that the global connectivity of this virtual consortium will ensure rapid transfer of ideas and technology with the aim of creating breakthrough next generation network (NGN) and ICT research.

CTRI gets patent for Solansole

Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) based in Guntur in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has bagged the patent rights for for ‘solansole’ (a medicine extracted from tobacco for use in the manufacture of cancer and cardiac drugs). As per MedIndia news Chinese producer Nanjing Huaguan Development Of Biotechnology Co is the major global supplier.

E-Charka

Everyone in India is familiar with charka, the yarn spinning wheel. Innovator Rajsekhar applied for a patent for his E-Charka.The invention here is about producing electricity from the same charaka along with production of yarn. The manual motive power used for operating the charaka is connected to a desired phased electrical generator. The generated electricity is then stored in a storage battery. This stored electrical energy is used for operating Light using a LED.
contact: RAJSHEKAR SHANKARAYYA HIREMATH , NO. 1674, 27TH MAIN, SECTOR 2, HSR LAYOUT, BANGALORE -560034.

Technology Pioneers 2008

World Economic Forums's `Technology Pioneers 2008' list includes one Indian start-up; Neurosynaptic Communications Pvt Ltd in Biotechnology/health sector and another Indian promoted US venture Nanosteller In Energy/Environment sector.

Neurosynaptic Communications is a telemedicine solutions company which has developed a remote low cost diagnostic kit to measure four primary parameters, viz temperature, blood pressure, ECG and heartbeat (stethescope) for teleconsultation.The ReMeDi™ (Remote Medical Diagnostics) range of products and comprehensive telemedicine solution developed byNeurosynaptic in collaboration with the TeNeT group of the IIT Madras, allows transmission of various vital parameters about the patient to a doctor for preliminary diagnosis, either in real-time or in a store-and-forward mode.
Pankaj Dhingra's Nanosteller is a clean technology company. Its Rational Catalyst Design methodology unites two disciplines – computational nano-science and advanced synthetic chemistry – to speed the pace of development for nanoscaled catalytic materials for diesel emissions control.

Henkel Innovation Trophy

Do you have a granted patent or a published patent application, or a registered and published utility model or design?
Is it in one of the 3 business sectors:

• Laundry & Home Care
• Cosmetics/Toiletries
• Adhesives Technologies

Then apply to Henkel for Innovation partnership.
URL: http://www.henkel.us/cps/rde/xchg/henkel_us/hs.xsl/6085_USE_HTML.htm

i2india Holdings Ltd

Imperial Innovations Group plc (AIM:IVO), announced that £1.5 million of seed funding has been raised for i2india Holdings Limited (“i2india”), a technology commercialisation and investment company focused on creating commercial value from intellectual property developed in India. Imperial Innovations holds a 35% stake in the company.Susan Searle, CEO of Imperial Innovations, joins the board of i2india as a director alongside Chris Mathias, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Conduit Communications, a software and web development company.

source: VC circle

Sloka Telecom powers the first 5.8GHz WiMAX network in France

Sloka Telecom, an Indian wireless infrastructure company announced that their WiMAX base stations and network solutions will be been deployed by Supernet Technologies (an RT Networx Company) in the town of Saint Medard en Jalles of France in December 2007. Sloka Telecom's WiMAX equipment is powered by Wavesat's chipset.

Sloka is a start-up providing solutions for next generation wireless networks. Sloka offers its fixed/nomadic WiMAX IEEE802.16-2004 portfolio of products consisting of Base Stations, CPEs, AAA and NMS. Sloka specializes in making compact, all outdoor, cost-effective, easy-to-install and easy-to-manage base stations giving the same coverage but configurable capacity to suit requirements of most emerging market deployments and small-to-medium WISP deployments.

Company website www.slokatelecom.com.

Government issues Circular on border enforcement of IPRs

In its Circular dated October 29, 2007 (“Circular”), the Central Board of Excise & Customs under the Ministry of Finance, India, has issued instructions to the relevant customs and excise authorities, for implementation of the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 (“IPR Rules”) dated May 8, 2007. The IPR Rules emanate from Section 11 of the Customs Act, 1952 which empowers the Central Government to prohibit import or export of goods infringing intellectual property rights. Before the notification of the IPR Rules, the notification of January 18, 1964, prohibited import of goods infringing trademarks and design. These new IPR Rules prohibit import of goods infringing patent, copyright and geographical indications as well .
source: Nishit Desai Associates

20 worst VC investments

Learn from failures? Take a look at ventures that bombed. CRM news letter lists 20 worst VC investments with VC investment ranging from $360 million in Amp'd Mobile to $20 miilio Digi Scents.

Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)

MIT and the government of India’s Department of Biotechnology today launched a partnership that will result in the creation of a new Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) in India.This new institute, which will be modeled after the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), will include faculty from multiple disciplines and professions, offer degrees through multidisciplinary programs, and develop strong ties with other institutions. Funded by the Indian government, the Indian HST will be a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional research and training center that is highly interconnected with regional centers of excellence.
Contact:MIT News Office,Pamela Dumas Serfes, 617-253-2703,pdserfes@mit.edu
(source: Business wire)

IP Protection in Korea

JKL Intellectual Property Law Firm offers services for IP related work in Korea. Typical charges for PCT filing is $538/- inclusive of official fee and Attorney fee.

Web:http://www.hypat.com

email: ysjeong@hypat.com

Innovations 2008

IITBombay Alumni Association - Pune Chapter is organizing Innovations2008 at Pune on 5th and 6th January., 2008.
Contact:

Shantaram Kane - Selection Panel Coordinator - IITBAA -Pune Chapter

1, Indradhanushya Apt.

Agarkar Road, 827/A Shivaji Nagar

Pune 411 004

Tel: 91 - 20 - 2567 2833 OR 2567 6160

E-MAIL: sgkane@vsnl.net OR sgkane@gmail.com

Infocom 2007

ABP Pvt Ltd (Business World) is organizing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) conference & Exhibition , Infocom 2007, in Hyderabad from 28th November - 1st December 2007 at International Convention Centre, Hyderabad

Radix opportunity assessment

Radix opportunity assessment is a 120 day package offer from Radix to assess IP/ Technology. Output is a customised commercialisation strategy. See details at:
http://www.radixglobal.com
Contact pserson: Krishnan Venkataraman, krishnan@radixglobal.com